t other name has it?
Illustrate. What is a _triple rhyme_? Illustrate. When is triple rhyme
usually employed? What is _middle rhyme_? Illustrate. What is
_sectional_ rhyme? Illustrate. What is _alliteration_? What is said of
it? Give illustrations from Mrs. Browning and Tennyson.

52. What is a stanza? What is a stanza of two lines called? of three? of
four? Illustrate. Explain _rhyme royal_; _ottava rima_; Spenserian
stanza. Illustrate. Explain the usual hymn meters, illustrating in each
case. 53. What is blank verse? What is said of its freedom and
difficulty? On what does its harmony depend? What is meant by _caesura_?
What is an "end-stopt" line? A "run-on" line? What French name is used
for the latter? What is meant by _period_? Into what does the _period_
practically divide blank verse? On what does Milton's "organ roll"
depend? Point out a notable difference between Milton's and Shelley's
blank verse.

54. What is meant by poetic style? What is said of poetic diction?
Mention some poetic words. State some of the leading deviations in
construction?

ILLUSTRATIVE AND PRACTICAL EXERCISES

The following selections should be examined in the light of such
questions as these:

Is it _poetry_ or _verse_? What lifts it above prose?
Does it treat of nature, man, or God? Is it
intellectual, emotional, or both? What is the poet's
idea? Is it commonplace, true, elevated, delicate,
exquisite? What is the mood of the poet,--serious,
playful, humorous, calm, exalted? What imaginative
features has it? What concrete pictures? What
figures? Is it self-restrained and classic? Is it
loose and voluble?

As to structure, what is the fundamental foot? Name
each line. What irregularities may exist and for what
purpose? Is the movement slow or rapid? Explain the
source of slowness or rapidity. What is the order of
rhymes? Are they perfect or defective? Are there
double, triple, middle, or sectional rhymes? Point
out the alliteration. What is the effect? Name the
stanza. Is it blank verse? Where does the caesural
pause fall in each line? Is there variety? Are the
lines "end-stopt" or "run-on"? Point out the poetic
words. What is their effect? What poetic
constructions are there? Divide the selections into
three classes,--_feeble_, _